Ulyanovsk Oblast, at an out-of-session meeting of the Federation Council Committee on Economic Policy held in Ulyanovsk, proposed to compensate part of the logistics costs and port fees for export companies on the "Middle Volga - Caspian Sea - Persian Gulf" route. This was reported to journalists by the region's governor, Alexey Russkikh, following the meeting. "We voiced our initiatives regarding the development of the 'Middle Volga route.